This is it, your opportunity to brag about that loooong hike, grueling ride that left you sore for days, or 6 hour rowing activity that made your shoulders scream. What has your longest activity been?
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I'm interested to see some of these long activities!
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As for me, my longest activity was a bike ride I did back in 2018 with 2 friends. We rode from Midtown Manhattan out to Piermont and back, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) roundtrip. NYC area cyclists will recognize this as being a classic cycling route in the area. Most memorable for me were the views of the city skyline from the George Washington Bridge, and the taste of a free chocolate chip cookie I got at a Festival that was going on in front of my building when I arrived home. Food tastes extra good when you've just burned a ton of calories!
Mine was cycling and it was this year
145km with 1770m of climb. Took 6 hours
Congrats Bryan! How did you feel afterwards? What's the next milestone going to be? 100 miles/160km?
I felt fine afterwards, the cramp on a big hill in the middle wasn’t great, but more energy gels fixed it.
100 miles is a definite target, maybe next year.
Ah yes, the trusty gels can ameliorate almost any issue on the road. I once had a salted watermelon one that didn't go down very smoothly, definitely not my favorite flavor, haha.
We'll be rooting for you on the 100 mile ride! 💪
Salted watermelon. YUK!
I have a few that I would call longest... by distance, I have a few road rides over 100 miles (MS150 in PA - 5356ft climbing, one in MA with 6150ft climbing). I also completed a 60 mile MTB race - 6980ft climbing (took as long in time as the 100 mile road rides).
That 60 mile MTB race sounds brutal! I started mountain biking last summer and I have so much respect for it, you definitely can't measure the experience in terms of distance or speed. Kudos for completing it!
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My name is Mark I retired earlier this year and I still ride from time to time. My longest ride was 300k and it was done way before Strava existed so it's not a confirmed ride. I used to be a member of a club called Audax UK that organises long distance rides from 60k up to 1200k. I also rode the Alpine raid over the Alps in France but that was over 7 days and sleeping in hotels. "I don't like roughing it" I wish Strava was about back then because I have lost all my ride records over time, and it would have been good to relive the long climbs and very fast descents.
As a Long Distance rider brevets and Ultra marathons my distances are quite long. The longest single day ride 567 kilometres. 2017 I rode across Canada 72 days 8030 kilometres.
Hello Mark and welcome to the Community! Congratulations on retiring this year and being able to live the dream by riding bikes. It sure sounds like you've accomplished quite a few impressive feats on the bike, I am personally a huge fan of long distance rides and have also completed some long rides pre-strava, so I share the sentiment of not having them logged anywhere, it truly is a pity! If it's not on Strava, it didn't happen, right? I often question my memories, being able to see an activity in my Training Calendar with photos, stats and segments makes it feel much more tangible. How much elevation was involved in the Alpine raid? That sounds like a tough, but beautiful journey!
My longest run was the London marathon back in 2016, took me 5 hours as annoyingly I got cramps half way.
This was followed by my longest ride at 85k 2 months later.
However the most interesting was a relay race across the the length of the UK, a couple of weeks after the ride. I made a route of the Scottish section I did, I didn't do the entire thing as there were 5 of us!
https://www.strava.com/routes/5034113
I don't really know how much elevation I climb on the alpine raid. We cycled from Thonon les bains on Lake Geneva to Antibes. We climbed a lot of the major cols including the Col du pre, col du vars, col d'Iseran, col de mont-cenis, col d'Isoard and the Restefond. We dropped down into Italy to Suza then clinbed the col d'Isoard. There are other cols that we climbed but I can't remember the names. I have been living in France for 18 years now, it's ironic I come to the home of the tour and stop cycling. I have retaken the saddle twice so far and after retirement the kilo's have piled on so there might be a third time. Below on the summit of the col du Pre.
Those are some massive, incredibly impressive efforts! Truly hard to comprehend, wow! The ride across Canada sounds absolutely amazing, do you have those rides on Strava? Did you ride it alone? I'm so curious about the planning that goes into such a long journey and how to figure out all the logistics, nutrition, lodging (if you're camping or not). I'd love to do something very long and elaborate like that someday, too!
Kudos on all of your amazing accomplishments! You're a solid runner and cyclist to have done those activities. I've never experienced cramps while running but I'm terrified of that happening. I've always wanted to do a relay race, I have quite a few friends and coworkers who have reported really positive things about them, regardless of whether they were runs/rides. How many legs of the race of the length of the UK did you do, just 1? That must have been nerve-wracking, yet exhilarating! Got any other endurance-type events planned for next year?
Yup all those rides are on Strava. I did the cross Canada ride with Tour du Canada (Cycling Canada) a mix of camping and indoor stays They carried our tents etc. This year myself and two others rode from Dawson to Tuktoyaktuk completely self supported carrying all our gear for camping, cooking etc. That was a 980 k ride with most of it 880 k on gravel.
I did 3 legs of it, each was 5k (although I remember we were one short so I might've done another). It was 24 hours a day but we got a reasonable ending just before midnight before handing off to another team. As it was Scotland and far up north, sun down was 10:30pm so we didn't need our headtorches. I think we did the 900+miles in 7 days or so.
Nothing major like that planned but I am slowly working through a challenge to complete all 60 Parkrun's in London. So far I've done 23.
I'm incredibly giddy just thinking about a multi-day, multi-person adventure like that! I've often resorted to planning things on my own but it's probably way more fun when you have others to support you and to spend time with. Thanks so much for sharing that, you're really inspirational! Keep us posted on your parkrun challenge! 💪
That is an incredible photo, which one are you? It's also amazing to witness how much bicycles have evolved throughout the years. I often think about the conditions and the very primitive bicycles the riders of the first edition of the Tour had to endure (and then I promptly stop complaining about whatever small thing is bothering me while I'm riding)!
I am the one in the front sitting on my cross bar. Yes you are right bicycle have evolved from steel to aluminium to carbon fibre and all the bits as well. I still ride steel I have two bikes one is all Reynolds 653 the other is a mixture from 531c to 653, one bike has a Shimano 105 group set with down tube gear shifters and the other has a Campagnolo chorus group set with ergo levers. I have joined the 21 century I have a Garmin bike computer and a wahoo heart monitor. My son has a complete carbon fibre bike, I've never wanted one steel is more forgiving and comfortable than rigid carbon which is important to me.
I'm still new to running so my longest activity was a 12K race this past Sunday. For a while I thought 5K was my ceiling but I've recently begun to realize I'm capable of a lot more than I thought. I look forward to building on this success in the months to come.
https://www.strava.com/activities/8112771928/overview
Hey Craig, congrats on your most recent 12k, that's awesome! How long ago did you start running and what got you into it?
There's no better feeling than realizing that you can accomplish so much more than you ever believed you were capable of. I used to view ultra-endurance athletes as semi-Gods, but now I'm realizing we're all just ordinary people who don't limit ourselves to believing that we are capable of doing extraordinary things! Keep striving!
My longest ride was certainly this one
https://strava.app.link/vldW8XPXnvb
After 50km I hardly hit the ground due to my inattention at the end of the pack. The bike and I were ok at that time and I had completed the remaining 150k without to much pain...few days after the rear derailleur fell apart and it was over for the wheel
👏 amazing effort, thanks for sharing! It can be so hard to continue after having a scare or an accident early on -- way to power through! I think most people would have called it quits after that point, so kudos to you! Any plans to challenge your longest ride distance in the future?
As a dad of 3 young childrens it is more challenging for me to explain to my wife that I am leaving the house for a whole day ride. I am more focus on running now and take the bike mostly for short and fast workouts.
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